Mobile rescue apparatus

A mobile rescue assembly comprising

• an elongated chute adapted to be brought into operative association with a high-rise building or the like and adapted to receive an individual therein for removal from said building or the like, said chute having an open top and an open bottom, and
• means for controlling the descent of an individual in said chute so that the individual will be slowed down and stopped when he approaches the bottom of the chute without injury to him, said descent controlling means including
• cable means mounted to said chute and having a pair of opposed cable sections extending from the top of said chute to the bottom thereof, portions of said cable sections at the top of said chute being relatively closely spaced with respect to each other,
• means located at the bottom of said chute for mounting portions of said cable lengths thereat in a relatively widely spaced position so that said cable lengths flare outwardly from the top of said chute to the bottom of said chute, so that an individual sliding down said chute in a device operatively engaging said cable sections will be slowed down automatically as the bottom of said chute is approached,
• operator controlled means for moving the portions of said cable sections at the open bottom of said chute with respect to each other to control the amount said cable sections are flared with respect to each other and thereby the rate of descent of an individual sliding down said chute, and
• means for receiving an individual therein within said chute, said receiving means having readily detachable fastening means for connecting said receiving means to said cable means.